uzcept
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From iz- + cept (“to roast, to fry, to bake”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
uzcept (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present uzcepu, uzcep, uzcep, past uzcepu)
- to roast, to bake, to fry something, usually quickly, so that it reaches the desired final state
- uzcept olas, desas ― to fry eggs, sausages
- Erna uzpūta plītī ogles, uzcepa kartupeļus ar speķi ― Erna blew the stove coals (and) fried potatoes with bacon
- iekūrusi plīti, lai uzceptu pāris šķēles cūkgalās, saimniece aizgāja slaukt govi ― having heated up the stove in order to roast a few slices of prok, the landlady left to milk a cow
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of uzcept